Business computersENERGY STAR certified
Apple Mac mini (M5 Pro)
64 GB desktop computer, model number A3535.
Memory
64 GB
Processor
Apple M5 Pro
Typical electricity use
19.2 kWh/yr
NPU installed
Yes
Of 247 certified desktop business computers, 21 have a lower typical electricity use than the Mac mini (M5 Pro) (19.2 kWh/yr).
Its certified typical electricity use of 19.2 kWh/yr costs about $2.50 a year at 13¢/kWh.
- Maker
- Apple
- Model
- Mac mini (M5 Pro)
- Model number
- A3535
- Type
- Desktop
- Processor
- Apple M5 Pro
- CPU cores
- 18
- Memory
- 64 GB
- NPU installed
- Yes
- Storage
- SSD
- Operating system
- Mac OS 27.0
- Typical electricity use
- 19.2 kWh/yr
- Power in sleep
- 0.8 W
- Power at long idle
- 4.2 W
- Power when off
- 0.1 W
- On the market since
- Aug 2026
- ENERGY STAR certified
- 17 Aug 2026
Source: ENERGY STAR certified business computers dataset, US EPA, record 4693496, data build 2026-09-29. Figures are as the maker certified them. How we use this data.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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| MacBook Pro 14 in. with M5 Max Chip | Notebook | - | 36 GB | 9.2 kWh/yr |
| MacBook Pro 14 in. with M5 Pro Chip | Notebook | - | 64 GB | 10.3 kWh/yr |